The richest musician in the world, once sold drugs, was faced with sexual assault, now exceeds Taylor Swift, Rihanna with net assets

Nobody is free of controversy, not even the richest musician in the world from 2025. From admission to drug trafficking at a young age to the alleged participation in a case of sexual attacks, this is the richest musician in the world with an amazing net value £3.71 billion, exceeds the abundance of top artists such as Taylor Swift (1.6 billion US dollars), Rihanna (2.08 billion US dollars) and Bruce Springsteen (1.9 billion US dollar).

The richest musician in the world in 2025

The richest musician in the world is the rapper, record producer and businessman Jay-Z in accordance with the Forbes Billiardy List 2025.

He also stood on the richest music list of Esquire of the Year.

Jay-Zs early life

The singer was born as Shawn Corey Carter in Brooklyn, New York, and collected his name 'Jazzy' when he appeared in local rap battles. His name was later converted to 'Jay-Z'. Growing up from a single mother, Jay-Z and his siblings fought in their early life after his father was 11 years old.

According to an Oprah interview, he sold Crack cocaine as a teenager. According to reports, he was shot three times during this time.

Jay-Z's music career

The 54-year-old musician joined all chances of winning and was a co-founder of his own record label. In 1996 his first album released.

He juggles in his career as an artist and music director and even produces music for other artists. In fact, each of his last 11 albums was opened in 1st place on the Billboard 200, and he sold over 140 million records. While his successful music career got him 24 Grammys, his strategic business companies and investments made him the first hip-hop artist who became a billionaire in 2019.

In 2008, Jay-Z married pop star Beyonce, who is also one of the richest musicians in the world, with a fortune of $ 760 million.

Jay-Z's business empire

Jay-Z built a business empire with over 20 brands below it. Among them Roc Nation remains his most successful company. The full-service entertainment agency, founded in 2008 in cooperation with Live Nation, manages talent and athlete and processes Touring, film, publication, promotions, talent development and television production. Among other things, the company has signed contracts with celebrated artists such as Rihanna, J. Cole and Meek Mill.

Jay-Z has several brands in the alcohol industry. He worked with the French champagne brand Armand de Brignac, which is also known as the Ace of Spades. In 2021, according to CEO, he now sold a 50% participation in the brand to LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) for $ 640 million. He is also the Cognac label d'Usé with Bacardi together.

Jay-Z headed the private Jet Charter Service Jetsmarter, which was later acquired by Vista Global in 2019. Another of his activities, the streetwear label Rocawear, was sold to the Iconix Brand Group in 2007.

In addition, Jay-Z continues to achieve returns from his early investment in Uber. He also invested in Block, Inc. (formerly Square), the payment platform founded by Twitters Jack Dorsey.

From time to time, Jay-Z had ended up in controversy, including the time when he was accused of sexually attacked a minor with Diddy. At the beginning of this year, Jay-Z's name was removed from the lawsuit according to People Magazine.